2020 Map of Lookout Ridge D-2 NE

About this map

Usuktuk River dominates this section of the Arctic Slope, meandering across a landscape defined by thousands of years of permafrost and drainage patterns. This 2020 survey provides a high-resolution view of the North Slope's hydrography as recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Dept. of Transportation. The map captures a vast, roadless expanse where the natural watercourse remains the primary geographical reference point. The detailed contour intervals and public land survey system markers, such as t7n r19w and t7n r20w, reveal the geometric organization imposed upon this wilderness, even in an area where human settlement is entirely absent from the printed record.